EP 1000478 A1 20000517 - OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING USING ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS
Title (en)
OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING USING ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS
Title (de)
OPTISCHE DATENVERARBEITUNG MIT ELEKTROABSORPTION-MODULATOREN
Title (fr)
TRAITEMENT DE DONNEES OPTIQUES A L'AIDE DE MODULATEURS D'ABSORPTION
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9802212 W 19980724
- GB 9715936 A 19970728
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9905812A1] A method of processing an optical data stream modulated with a return to zero formatis described which comprises splitting the optical data stream into first and second data streams; coupling the first data stream into a first input port of an electroabsorption modulator (EAM); processing the first data stream in the EAM; coupling the processed first data stream out of a first output port of the EAM; coupling the second data stream into a second input port of the EAM; and processing the second data stream in the EAM. OTDM transmission systems and nodes for such systems are described in which an electroabsorption modulator is used as a gating element for optical data passing in opposite directions through the modulator. Demultiplexing, Drop and Insert, clock extraction/synchronization are all suggested as options for the process accomplished by the modulator.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04J 14/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04J 14/08 (2013.01); H04J 14/083 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9905812A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE ES FR GB IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9905812 A1 19990204; AU 8455898 A 19990216; CA 2295825 A1 19990204; EP 1000478 A1 20000517; GB 9715936 D0 19971001
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9802212 W 19980724; AU 8455898 A 19980724; CA 2295825 A 19980724; EP 98935210 A 19980724; GB 9715936 A 19970728